Garment holder and shape retainer.



I. BERNSTEI'N.

GARMENT HOLDER AND SHAPE RETAINER.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 7, 1912.

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I. BERNSTEIN.

GARMENT HOLDER AND SHAPE RETAINER.

APPLICATION FILED DEG.7, 1912.

Patented Sept. 16, 1913.

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I To all whom it may concern BEIGE.-

ISAAC IBERNS'IEIN, or new YORK, n. Y.

GARMENT nonnna Ann snare RETAINER.

Be it known that I, IsAAc' BEsNs'rnm, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at New York city, borough of Man'- hattan, county and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garment Holders and Shape Retainers, of which the following is a full,

. clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to devices for sup- While my improvement supports the garments placed thereupon, it acts more particularly to keep the garments in shape, especially when said garments are packed in a trunk, box or dress suit case. To adapt the garment-holder, or shape retainer for packing purposes, I form it out of a plurality of flat sections which are foldably connected by a hinge or analogous device.

My improved garment-holder is preferably made out'of fiat material, such as paper, celluloid, or even metal, and is pref erably provided with supplemental hipmembers and also with bust members, which are designed to lie flat against the form when not in use.

With the aid of my improved garmentholder the shape of a "dress can be maintained when said dress is packed away or when hung in a closet. By reason of the fact that the garment-holder is provided with bust-elements, a dress can be mounted thereupon for display purposes, a removable head portion being provided to enhance the'appearance of the displayed dress. w

I will now proceed to describe my invention in detail, the novel features of which I will point out in the reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part hereof, wherein- Figure 1 is a front view of my improved garment-holder; Fig. 2 is an edge view thereof; Fig. 3 is an edge view illustrating the holder as folded for packing purposes; and Fig. 4 is a diagrammatic face view illustrating a garment as hung upon the holder. f As illustrated in Fig. 1 my improved garmerit-holder consists of a fiat structure comprising the skirt portion 1 and bust portion 2 connected together at 3 by hinges 4. The skirt portion 1 is provided with flat supplemental hip members 5 which are extensibly connected to the skirt portion 1 as at 6. As herein illustrated, the extensible con- Specifieation of Letters Patent.

appended claims,

Patented Sept. 16, 1913.

Application filed December 7, 1912. Serial No. 735,396.

nection consists of slots 6*, in the supplemental hip; members 5, and rivets or eyelet-s 7 which are secured to the skirt portion 1. The rivets or eyelets 7 pass loosely through the slots 6*,but the heads of the said rivets keep the supplemental members 5- flat against the skirt portion 1. The supplemental members 5 can be moved outwardly, as per dotted lines in Fig. 1170 increase the width across the hip region. porting garments particularly ladies dresses.

A furtherfeature of my improvement consists of the bust members 8 comprising the .fiat strips 9 the ends of which are slidably secured to the bust portion 2 by rivets or eyelets 10. The strips 9 are preferably yieldable in order that they can be bowed upwardly into a bust-like configuration (see dotted lines Fig. 2) to cause the garment to stand out away from the flat holder to give a bust effect. For displaying purposes this feature of my invention is important, as a garment cannot be properly displayed unless a bust effect is produced.

When the strips 9 are bowed the rivets or eyelets 10 will slide in the slots 11 which are located in the flat bu'st portion 2. The rivets or eyelets 10 will be sufliciently upset to firmly but slidably secure the strips to the flat holder and whereby the strips will retain the curved or bust-like shape until flattened-down by pressure.

To enhance the appearance of the structure while a garment is being displayed I provide a removable fiat head section 12 which is preferably in the form of an envelop (see Fig. 2) and which will slip over the tongue or neckpiece 13 on the bust member 20f the form.

When a garment is to be packed away it will be placed upon the holder as shown in Fig. 4. The holder and garment thereupon will be folded at-the oint 3 as shown in Fig. 3. When thus fol ed the garment will Having now described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters. Patent is:

1. A garment-holder comprising a flat bust-portion, having a neck piece, and a flat removable head piece upon said neck piece, the head piece being in the form of an envelop adapted to slip over the neck piece.

2. A garment holder comprising a fiat garment holding section, members slidably connected to said section, the outer edges of the members corresponding to the similar edges of the section and respectively registering at their upper ends, the outer edges of the members maintaining parallelism with the section edges throughout all possible movement of the members.

3. A garment holder comprising a flat supplemental garment holding section, supplemental members slidably connected to said section, the outer edges of the members correspond-- ingto the similar edges of the section and respectively registering at their upper ends, the outer edges of the members maintaining parallelism with the section edges throughout all possible movement of the members, the connection of the members to the section permitting the disposition of the members wholly within the edge outline of the section.

Signed at New York city, N. Y. this 5th day of December, 1912.

ISAAC BERNSTEIN.

Witnesses:

EDWARD A. JARVIS, RUTH MEYERS. 

